Breaux Bridge Officer Travis Guillot said he had to shoot Daraneisha ?Ne Ne" Harris during an altercation Dec. 2 because he thought she would harm others.

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DIANNA HUNT
Gannett Louisiana

LAFAYETTE, La. -- A Breaux Bridge police officer who fatally shot a teenager after responding to reports of an unruly crowd thought he was protecting an injured officer and some bystanders, according to state investigators.

Officer Travis Guillot, who had a history of problems in other departments, said that he and another officer had yelled repeatedly at the 17-year-old driver to stop her car after she had rammed into a police car and struck at least two bystanders, according to the investigative report.

"I had to shoot her because she was going to hurt more people," Guillot told a police ...